What’s Behind Ukraine and Russia’s Missile Brinkmanship?
Ukrainian soldiers at a frontline position near Toretsk, Ukraine, last month.
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How a Nigerian Nurse Abducted by Boko Haram Planned Her Escaped
Alice Loksha Ngaddah was working as a nurse in a remote town she was kidnapped by terrorists in 2018.
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on November 2024
Israeli Strike in the Heart of Beirut Kills 11
The site of an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Basta neighborhood on Saturday.
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on November 2024
With Memes and in State Media, Many Russians Cheer on Putin’s Threats
A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin during a televised address to the nation on Thursday, saying that the country’s forces had hit Ukraine with a new midrange ballistic missile.
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on November 2024
In South Africa, Food Poisoning Kills at Least 23 Children
Six children died in Johannesburg’s Soweto township from food poisoning last month.
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55 Days Into Hunger Strike, Activist’s Mother Says She ‘Won’t Back Down’
Laila Soueif, the mother of the Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah in 2022. She stopped eating on Sept. 29, after it became clear that her son would not be released after serving a five-year sentence.
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on November 2024
Sectarian Violence Kills at Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan
A mass burial on Friday for people killed a day earlier in an ambush in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
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on November 2024
A Lesson for America? Reversing Populist Policies Is Tough, Poland Finds.
The Supreme Court in Warsaw. The previous government, under the Law and Justice party, stacked Polish courts with right-wing loyalists.
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on November 2024
Hezbollah Said to Be Using Copy of Israeli Missile Against Israel
Hezbollah members in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, in July. The group is firing the rebranded Israeli missiles at Israeli military bases, communication systems and air-defense launchers, Israeli officials say.
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on November 2024
Formula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts
Nitin Deshmukh, a lawmaker in the state of Maharashtra, India, said he was detained, including at a government hospital, and pressured to join rebel politicians in an uprising.
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on November 2024
Bolsonaro’s Right Wing Movement Faces Backlash After Coup Accusations
Brazilian police are seeking charges against Jair Bolsonaro, the former far-right president, accusing him of taking part in a coup plot.
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on November 2024
Iran Declares It Is Doing More Nuclear Enrichment After I.A.E.A. Rebuke
A satellite view of Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant inside a mountain northeast of the city of Qum.
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on November 2024
How Can the I.C.C. Prosecute Leaders of Israel, Which Is Not a Member?
The International Criminal Court in The Hague in the Netherlands.
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on November 2024
Terms of Proposed Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire Begin to Take Shape, Officials Say
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Mar Elias, central Beirut, Lebanon, on November 18.
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on November 2024
Your Heart’s Desire
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on November 2024
Alberta Breaks With the Canadian Pension Model
Stephen Harper, the former prime minister, is volunteering as the chairman of Alberta’s pension fund.
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on November 2024
Conor McGregor, U.F.C. Fighter, Is Held Liable for Sexual Assault in Ireland
The mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor outside the High Court in Dublin on Friday.
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on November 2024
Pat King Found Guilty for Role in ‘Freedom Convoy’
Pat King, a prominent figure in Canada’s protests against Covid restrictions in 2022, surrounded by supporters on Friday while leaving court in Ottawa, Ontario.
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on November 2024
South Africa’s A.N.C. Rejects Jacob Zuma’s Appeal Against His Expulsion
Former South African President Jacob Zuma in court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in August.
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on November 2024
At COP29 Politicians Are Talking About Climate Change. Here’s What’s Happening.
Fires and punishing heat in a suburb of Chennai, India, in May.
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on November 2024
Orban Invites Netanyahu to Hungary, Flouting I.C.C. Arrest Warrant
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, in Budapest in 2017.
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on November 2024
Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Accused of Spying for Russia and Iran
Oslo at sunset. Authorities in Norway have arrested a man who worked as a security guard at the United States embassy there.
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on November 2024
Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin
An awkward silence between Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office in 2017, shortly after his inauguration.
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on November 2024
Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles, to North Korea, the South Says
Kim Jong-un of North Korea with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a broadcast shown in Seoul this month.
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on November 2024
Ukraine Cancels Parliament Session, Citing a Warning Over a Missile Attack
Ukraine’s Parliament canceled a session on Friday over a warning that Russia could target the building.
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on November 2024
As Ukraine Fires U.S. Missiles, Putin Sends a Chilling Message
Ukrainian soldiers firing at advancing Russian troops in the Pokrovsk area in eastern Ukraine last week.
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on November 2024
Israel Rallies Around Netanyahu Over I.C.C. Warrant, for Now
Next month, Mr. Netanyahu is expected to take the stand in his own corruption trial. He has been charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate but interrelated cases.
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on November 2024
At COP29, ‘Sewage Beer’ Is Just Fine
The Singaporean pavilion this week at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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on November 2024
Friday Briefing
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Pam Bondi to be attorney general after Matt Gaetz, his first choice, withdrew from consideration.
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on November 2024
The UK Faces a Dilemma: Cozy Up to Trump or Reconnect With Europe?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain joined President Emmanuel Macron of France in Paris last week to celebrate Armistice Day.
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on November 2024
China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms
“The barn door is still wide open, or mostly open,” Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, a former telecommunications executive, said in an interview.
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on November 2024
West Bank Settlement Supporters Have Big Hopes for Trump’s Presidency
Construction in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank in December.
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on November 2024
6 Airports in Northern Haiti Are Reopened to U.S. Flights
Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince has been closed to U.S. airlines since Nov. 12, but six airports in northern Haiti were reopened to American flights on Thursday.
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on November 2024
I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Over Gaza War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Yoav Gallant attending a military ceremony last month. Mr. Netanyahu removed Mr. Gallant as defense minister earlier this month.
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on November 2024
Friday Briefing: Gaetz Ends Bid for Attorney General
Matt Gaetz, left, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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on November 2024
U.N. Watchdog Censures Iran Over Nuclear Program Secrecy
The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday.
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on November 2024
Mali’s Junta Replaces Civilian Prime Minister With One of Its Own
Abdoulaye Maiga delivering remarks at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September. He was appointed as the new prime minister of Mali on Thursday after his predecessor made comments criticizing the junta.
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on November 2024
Netanyahu Aide Is Indicted Over Leaked Document on Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has accused Israeli prosecutors of aggressively cracking down on his aide while ignoring his critics’ leaks to the news media.
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on November 2024
Man Who Faked Kayaking Death Says in Video He’s ‘Safe’
Sheriff Mark A. Podoll of Green Lake County, Wis., played a video at a news conference on Thursday in which the man accused of faking his own death says that he is “safe, secure, no problem.”
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on November 2024
Brazilian Police Accuse Bolsonaro of Plotting a Coup
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former right-wing president, at a rally in February. The authorities say he encouraged supporters to storm the country’s capital in early 2023.
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on November 2024
Trump’s Vow to End the War Could Leave Ukraine With Few Options
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian troops in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine last month. The election of Donald J. Trump as Ukraine suffers losses on the battlefield means less room for Ukraine to maneuver.
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on November 2024
Why Some Countries, Including the U.S., Won’t Join the I.C.C.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022.
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on November 2024
Captain Tom’s Daughter Profited From the Charity in His Name
Captain Tom Moore raised nearly 40 million pounds, or $50.5 million, for the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
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on November 2024
Netanyahu, Wanted by a Landmark Warrant, Now Faces a Smaller World
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September in New York City.
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on November 2024
Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
Migrants having breakfast on the roof of an abandoned factory in Barcelona in 2018. People who have been living in Spain for at least two years are eligible to apply for legal status.
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on November 2024
U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign
Red Square in Moscow. Russia’s campaign increases the risk to American companies overseas, U.S. officials said.
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on November 2024
Why the ICC Issued Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
The exterior of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, in September.
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on November 2024
At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan
Local residents and volunteers gathering for the arrival of victims at a hospital in Parachinar, in Pakistan’s Kurram district, on Thursday.
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on November 2024
Who Has the ICC Charged With War Crimes?
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, left, with Maria Lvova-Belova, also subject to an I.C.C. arrest warrant, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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on November 2024
Putin Escalates Threats to the West With New Ballistic Missile Launch
Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine last week.
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on November 2024
ICC Had Sought Warrants for 3 Hamas Leaders. At Least 2 Are Now Dead.
The court’s chief prosecutor initially sought arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders. From left to right: Ismail Haniyeh, Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar.
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on November 2024
Israel Strikes Near Beirut as U.S. Envoy Pushes for a Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike on the Dahiya, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.
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on November 2024
Should Olaf Scholz Step Aside in the New Race for German Chancellor?
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, left, with Boris Pistorius, the country’s defense minister, during a session of Parliament earlier this month in Berlin.
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on November 2024
Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.
People from across the former Soviet Union flock to the health resorts in Naftalan, Azerbaijan, to bathe in the area’s oil.
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on November 2024
How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India
Pushpa Pawar, 31, standing with relatives in the village of Kolgaon, India. Ms. Pawar’s husband, Prahlad Pawar, a cane cutter, said that the couple and their children had been detained by a contractor and forced to work as servants.
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on November 2024
Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency
President-elect Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives G.O.P. Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, on Nov. 13.
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on November 2024
John Prescott, Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, Dies at 86
Deaths of at Least 5 Tourists in Laos Raise Alarm About Tainted Drinks